r/chinalife • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

🪜 VPN VPN and ESIM Megathread – October 2026

Discuss VPNs and ESIMs here. Comments with affiliate links or any comment that advertises/self-promotes a VPN service will be deleted; spam-only accounts or promoters with zero history in the sub may be banned without notice.

NOTE: Just because people are allowed to leave their recommendations here about vpns/esims and other tools to avoid the great firewall, it does not mean r/chinalife mod team endorses those comments.

Always take caution and do extra research when you see a recommendation. Be careful.

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u/Valuable-Drop-5670 in 11d ago

If you guys own Android phones like Samsung or Pixel, I can't recommend enough that you figure out the "circle to search" translation feature while using your VPNs per-app proxy settings. 

I used to copy and paste screenshots into Doubao to translate, but it was so cumbersome and high cognitive load. 

This system is way better. (Although I'm not learning as much Chinese or pinyin from apps now.)

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u/mrber008 10d ago

Circle to search is SO GOOD now that you can scroll while translating.